but can you find good ones. >> we found the hyannis harbor hotel right on the harbor. it's renovated. indoor/outdoor pool, fire pit, court yard. from $199 a night. >> your next one is one of my favorite places i'm going in a couple of weeks, going back because i love it so much, holland, michigan. is drop-dead adorable. >> people don't think of the midwest as having amazing beaches. but they're award-winning. >> and the cleanest water you will ever see. >> and the sunsets are amazing. the town was settled by dutch immigrants in the 1800s. >> those are my friends. >> victorian houses and kind of a hip feel. you see street performers, coffee shops and little restaurants. you see a lot of cabins and cottages. if you want to stay downtown it's called the city flats hotel. $149 a night. a little more modern. it has amenities and you can walk to everything in town. >> a fun town to walk in. >> out west, carmel is a great spot. >> carmel is beautiful. 120 miles from san francisco. you know for over a century this has been the mecca for artists and musicians and writers. >> th

that is hyannis port the terrain on which this will be fought. we will look forward to seeing what comes out today. bill: a bit of background right now on the witnesses on the stand. gregory hicks former deputy chief of mission in libya, that means he's the number two to the late ambassador chris stevens. hicks was at the embassy in tripoli during the attacks. eric nordstrom was the top security officer in libya at the time. he compiled a list of more than 200 security incidents in libya from 2011 to 2012, 50 of which took place in benghazi. in july of last year nordstorm advised making a formal request for military security to remain in libya, and the third man today is mark thompson, he is the state department's acting deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism. he leads the foreign emergency support team. that's the government's only on call team poised to respond to terrorist incidents worldwide. we'll hear from all three of them shortly. alisyn: on days like this it's important to look back, and let's do that right now, because w when t

this is caroline kennedy at hyannis port. jacqueline kennedy as first lady was ferocious about protecting her children. she did not want the children photographed at any time. and the word went out, and pierre salinger, the press secretary, was absolutely terrified of jackie. the president, on the other hand, began to see the value of these children and how adorable they were. stanley went to hyannis port to photograph the shriver family for a cover story he was doing for "look" magazine. and he was under orders not to photograph the president's children. but he said he couldn't help himself. and when maria shriver came over, she gave caroline that postcard. and she said that's the president. caroline said, it is not, it's my daddy. and she said it's the president too. she said, no, it isn't. and stanley said he just couldn't help himself. he just found himself snapping picture after picture. this is caroline waiting on the dock for her father to come back at hyannis port during that trip which stanley was not supposed to tak

hyannis port we believi believe that with the core of who i am. everything i can to make sure that we don't wreck the best healthcare delivery system the world has ever known. >> reporter: in a conference call yesterday health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius says her agency will spend $150 million to teach people how to enroll in obama care exchanges after allies have been critical of the public information campaign. she said, quote, investing in health centers tester for outreach and a says tans provides one way the obama administration is helping consumers understand their options and enroll in affordable coverage. the president's healthcare event will be here at 2:40pm in the white house east room. jenna: mike, thank you. jon: well some of the mainstream media doing their best to condemn this week's blockbuster congressional hearing on the benghazi consulate attacks, describing the investigation as nothing more than a witch hunt. so what about it? is this story finally turning? let's talk about it with our news watch panel, judit

keep over 100 individuals in a no man's land, in perpetuity, the idea that we would still maintain hyannisr forever a group of individuals that have not been tried. that is contrary to who we are and our interests and it needs to stop. >> reporter: guantanamo continues to impose unique stresses on the military, the ongoing hunger strike has forced the million tear tree t bring in an additional medical personnel to force feed the detainees. jon: is there a lingering question about released detainees going back to terrorism? >> that is right back in january of 2010 the pentagon estimated 20% of the 560 detainees that were released from guantanamo went back to the terror front lines. one analyst told fox news that year that the recidivism rate could be as high as 40% because many released terrorists change their names, went underground, hid a bit before resurfacing to wage jihad. stpwhao something th jon: something the city didn't mention. doug mcelway language you. jenna: more of the breaking news out of boston now. we just learned that there have been three additional arrests in the boston

crews in the waters along the potomac, palm beach, and hyannis.k deck. >> what i've learned about jfk is his love of the sea and his love of family and privacy and the time he spent on this boat must have been very special to him and his family. >> the 93-foot wooden ship was originally built in 1931 as a luxury cruiser. she was later pressed into service for world war ii as a coast guard patrol boat. then became the presidential yacht for harry truman and served under five presidents. truman, eisenhower, kennedy, johnson, and nixon. but her most famous era was as the pleasure vessel for president kennedy and his family. >> when you think of jfk and the presidency, a lot of the images are of jfk on this yacht with jackie and john jr. and caroline and their cousins. >> jfk named the yacht after his paternal grandfather, john francis fitzgerald whomever just called honey fitz. >> if the walls could speak, could you imagine? can you imagine the meetings that have gone on? >> the honey fitz was host to heads of state and kennedy family trips. >> they